Koki: Ok...I'm really sorry for such the long wait...I hadn't realized until recently that it had been almost a month since my last update. Do forgive me but I just hadn't really felt like typing much. However I have been writing the rest of the story and I'm almost done...just another chapter or two...I may make it a bit longer just to add some stuff with Anzu and Seto that I know everybody is dying for. Well onto the review responses!

TennyoAkana: All I have to say is...I couldn't stop laughing after reading your review. The whole thing with Bakura was priceless. I loved it and thank you.

Princess of Theives: yeah I know but it's just building up to the other stuff that happens later on in the story so be patient!

CAT: you're very welcome...between you and TennyoAkana I can't help but love your reviews...they're always entertaining. And no I don't think it'll be a triangle...at least it doesn't seem like one to me...maybe it is and I just don't realize it...Marik does like her but in his own demented kinda way.

DIS: you're very welcome.

DADD: Guess you'll just have to wait and see, ne?

AnzuMotou: I'm glad you still like it.

Monkeyluv4646 and HieiJaganshi11: Here's your update, sorry for the long wait!

Tefa: well the suspense is gonna be there and it'll keep on comin.

I hope I got everyone and I'm sorry if I missed anybody now onto the chapter.

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They arrived at the mansion about ten minutes later and got out. Everyone remained silent as they walked up the front steps and went inside. Anzu told Mokuba to show them to her room while she briefly stopped by the kitchen. He nodded and did as he was told. They were still in a state of shock.

"Her room?" Yugi questioned.

"Uh-huh, Anzu lives with us for now." Mokuba said as he opened the door for them.

"Why?" Bakura asked as they went into the bedroom.

"I can't tell you, I'm not supposed to. You have to ask Anzu." He answered.

Then he trotted out of the room to his.

"I don't like this at all you guys. She's been distant for the past few days and now she's living with Kaiba?" Joey said.

"I don't either. It doesn't make sense." Bakura agreed.

"I don't like this anymore than you guys do but we have to stay calm or we'll scare her into thinking she can't trust us to help her." Yugi said, trying to be the rational one.

Both boys nodded. At that time Anzu walked in the room. She kept her eyes downcast, her bangs covering them. But she didn't need to look at her friends to know they were looking at her. She could feel their gaze as she made her way to her bed. She let out a ragged breath as she sat down on her new, Queen-sized bed and she looked at their confused yet worried faces.

"I'm sure you're probably wondering why I brought you here." She began.

They all nodded.

"On my way home from my dance class a few weeks ago, I ran into somebody. I moved to go around them but he grabbed my arm and pulled me back –voice starts to crack- I tried to get away but I couldn't and he knocked me to the ground…" Her voice trailed off as she tried to gain control of it.

"Anzu did he rape you?" Yugi asked.

She looked up at him and nodded.

"That's not even the bad part, it wasn't some random guy…it was someone we know." She sniffled.

They all frowned, trying to think of who would do it.

"Who was it?" He asked.

"You know Malik's been back for awhile now right?" She began.

They all nodded.

"Well-"

A knock came at the door and it opened.

"Anzu we think we may have found a way to – ACK!"

Now was a really bad time for Malik to drop by as he was now pinned to the wall by Bakura who had his hand tight around his throat. Anzu gasped; her eyes wide in surprise as she jumped off the bed and ran over to them.

"No Bakura let him go, it wasn't him!" She exclaimed, putting a hand on his arm.

"Then who the fuck did it?" he demanded.

His tone scared her. His voice held venom she had never heard from him before and his eyes were almost a dark shade of red. She'd seen him pissed before but not like this.

"It was Marik." She whispered, her eyes filling with tears.

Everything in the room fell silent at her words. Bakura's eyes narrowed deeply.

"What…did…you…say?" He asked, panting as he tried to control his anger.

Anzu took a deep breath. "It was Marik. Now, please, let Malik go." She begged.

Malik was almost blue due to the lack of air his lungs was receiving. Bakura slowly loosened his grip and Malik slid to the ground, gasping and coughing as he tried to fill his lungs. Anzu knelt down beside him to see if he was all right.

"Are you all right Malik?" she asked.

"Just –cough- peachy." Came his hoarse reply as he glared daggers up at Bakura, who merely crossed his arms over his chest and walked away. "As I was trying to say before I was so RUDELY interrupted, we think we may have found a way to get rid of him, but it's going to take some time." He added.

"Ok well, can it wait till Seto gets home? I don't want to try to explain it to him and I have to tell them everything that's been goin on because if I don't do it now I'll lose my nerve." She asked her eyes held a pleading look.

"Yeah, Isis was coming by anyway to tell him something but I was just giving you a heads up." He replied.

"All right thanks." She said, giving him a small smile.

They said their goodbye's as Malik got up and left the room.

"Please tell me that is all that happened." Joey asked.

"No it's not. Marik found a way to separate from Malik and not have to depend on him like before." She replied as she shook her head. "But it gets worse. I went to the Kaiba family doctor a few days ago and found out that I'm about three weeks pregnant…with Marik's child." She added.

Then she burst into tears, leaning to the closest person for comfort, who happened to be Bakura. He wrapped his arms around her instinctively, rubbing her back soothingly. He looked briefly at the other guys. They were just as shocked as he was.

"Does he know?" Bakura asked.

"No he doesn't. I haven't seen him for a couple days and I don't want him to know, I don't know what he'll do." Anzu said.

"Why are you living with Kaiba then? You could've come to anyone of us Anzu. We would've helped you." Joey said.

"I know but if Marik does come back to my house and sees I'm not there, this is the last place he'd look for me. And by the time he realized where I was, I would already know and be long gone. So really it's better for me to be here. Besides, Marik just thinks we're working on a school project, he wouldn't think I was living here. I'm safer here than anywhere else. Seto won't do anything to me; he's not as low as you think." She explained.

Yugi frowned. "Since when do you call him by his first name?" He asked.

Anzu faltered. "He said I could a couple days ago." She answered.

She hadn't realized she did, it was becoming so natural to her. a knock cam at the door but it didn't open so Anzu got up to answer it. She was surprised to see Kaiba standing there with a tray in his hand.

"Why are you home so early?" She asked, taking the tray from him.

"I finished earlier than I thought. Is everything okay?" He asked.

Anzu nodded.

"Are they behaving?" He continued.

"Yes they are though they are not too happy with this situation so anything insulting you may have to say, don't. It'll escalate into something I don't have the energy or the patience to deal with so don't." She replied.

"I won't, I don't want to waste my breath. Is that all?" He asked.

"Malik came by earlier to say he and Isis would be by later. They think they may have found something." She answered.

"All right. I will be in my room, in my office there till then. If you need anything, come to me or my brother." He said.

"I will thank you." She replied and closed the door then she walked back over to her bed and set the tray on it, offering whatever was on it to the guys.

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After about an hour Anzu was able to get Joey and Bakura to accept her decision. Yugi had no problem with it. Just as long as she was safe and taken care of, he didn't care where she stayed. She walked them to the front door and had one of the drivers take them home. She entered the house and leaned back against the door, sighing deeply. She looked up at the stairs and saw Kaiba leaning against the rail, looking down at her. She looked back down to the plush carpet floor as she pushed off the door and walked towards the stairs. She feel the emotional pull tugging at her deep inside as she got closer to him.

He pushed off the rail and straightened, observing her silently as she got nearer. He could see how much she was being drained emotionally just by looking in her eyes. The eyes truly were a window to the soul and he could see how tortured hers was.

Anzu seriously needed someone to curl up against to make the pain go away, even it was a brief moment but she didn't know if he would allow her to do that. She slowly reached out to him as she got closer, not wanting to freak him out. When she saw he didn't push away, she enveloped him in her arms and held him tightly. She took a breath and let it out raggedly as she felt him wrap his arms around her.

He felt her cling to him as if he was her last lifeline and in a way he was. He was the last person she could be safe with. He held her for awhile before deciding she needed to go rest for her body was completely drained; physically, mentally and emotionally.

"Why don't you go take a nap before they get here? The rest will do you good." He suggested as he pulled back.

She looked up at him with a flustered expression. She wasn't going to admit it but she was perfectly fine where she was. Pushing that thought from her mind, she nodded as she pulled away to go upstairs.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine." He whispered to her.

She nodded again then rose up on her toes to kiss his cheek.

"Thank you." She whispered then hurried down the hall.

Kaiba stood stunned in the hall by her action. He turned around to go down to his room and back in his office, smiling a bit at Anzu's door as he passed by it. He didn't notice Mokuba's cracked door so he didn't see him peeping on them.

'I knew he liked her.' He thought then quietly shut his door and went back to his game.

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Koki: Ok well I hope you enjoyed the chapter and that it was worth the long wait. I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as I can and hopefully sooner then this one. Until then please review and let me know what you think. Bye!